Last month, the non-profit environmental group National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) sued the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to disclose research they have on the effects of the pesticide clothianidin on honeybees. They believe that this chemical plays a part in Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), a mysterious condition that has caused an unprecedented amount of bee deaths. Now, Bee Alert Technology in Montana has made a breakthrough using Army technology that will help root out the cause of the disease.Ninety percent of America's commercial crops -- including apples, berries and soybeans -- and are pollinated by bees, an industry worth $15 billion. Since it was identified in 2006, CCD has claimed the lives of one-third of America's bees.
GET INFORMED
- Read "UM plays role in understanding Colony Collapse Disorder" (Montana Kaimin, September 5, 2008)
- Read "Mysterious Honey Bee Disorder Buzzes into Court" (Environment News Service, August 19, 2008)
- Find eight companies and organizations helping honeybees
- Sign a Dutchess County Legislature Environmental Committee petition to ban neocotinoid seed-treatment pesticides to save honeybees
- Join the Global Healing Center's boycott of the world's eight biggest pesticide companies
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